The Arch of Titus

From Jerusalem to Rome--And Back
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-44778-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 249 mm x 302 mm, Gewicht: 1225 g

The Arch of Titus: From Jerusalem to Rome—and Back explores the shifting meanings and significance of the Arch of Titus from the Jewish War of 66–74 CE to the present—for Romans, Christians and especially for Jews. Built by triumphant Romans, this triumphal monument was preserved by medieval Christians, lauded by modern visitors and dictators and imitated around the world. The Arch of Titus has special significance for the once-defeated Jews. Its menorah is now the national symbol of modern Israel.

The Arch of Titus: From Jerusalem to Rome—and Back assembles an international array of scholars to explore the Arch in all of its complexity. This volume celebrates an exhibition mounted at Yeshiva University Museum and is the final statement of the Yeshiva University Arch of Titus Project.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fine, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables

Lenders to the Exhibition

Foreword

Ari Berman

Preface

Steven Fine and Jacob Wisse

Contributors

Introduction: Searching for Butterflies under the Arch of Titus

Steven Fine

1 The Spoils of Jerusalem in Color: The Making of a Polychrome Model

Steven Fine, Donald H. Sanders, and Peter J. M. Schertz

2 The Arch of Titus: Triumph, Funeral, and Apotheosis in Ancient Rome

Ida Östenberg

3 Flavius Josephus and the Arch of Titus: Commemorating the Jewish War in Word and Stone

Samuele Rocca

4 A Narrative Triumph: The Rabbis Write Back to the Empire

Galit Hasan-Rokem

5 Pagan Rome in the Service of the Church: Christian Perceptions of the Arch of Titus in the Middle Ages

Marie-Thérèse Champagne

6 Early Modern Visitors to the Arch of Titus

William Stenhouse

7 Moses Mendelssohn on the Arch of Titus Menorah

Steven Fine

8 Valadier at the Arch of Titus: Papal Reconstruction and Archeological Restoration under Pius VII

Marina Caffiero

9 “Without Leaving Home”: Artists as Real and Virtual Pilgrims to the Arch of Titus

Jacob Wisse

10 The Arch of Titus in New York: The Menorahs at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Yitzchak Schwartz

11 “Titus, You’re Gone, but We’re Still Here, Am Yisrael Chai”: Modern Jewish Pilgrimage to the Arch of Titus

Steven Fine, with Yaakov Fine

12 Postscript: The Arch of Titus in the COVID Moment

Steven Fine

13 Exhibition Script and Object Checklist

Steven Fine, Jacob Wisse, and Jill Joshowitz

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Fine is the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University. He is director of the YU Center for Israel Studies, and of the YU Arch of Titus Project. Fine is a faculty member of Yeshiva University's Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and the Robert M. Beren Department of History.